Soccer moms tend to get the rough end of the stick when it comes to being the villain of youth soccer. While the mothers of the world are easy targets, some of the worst people at youth soccer games are the dads. A dad in California wins Asshole of the Day for tackling a referee during a U16 game over a call he didn’t like.
The referee and the Video Assistant Referee (VAR) who officiated in Tuesday's World Cup qualifier between Brazil and Argentina have been suspended for "serious errors,” the South American soccer governing body CONMEBOL said.
An incident in the goalless draw where Argentine defender Nicolás Otamendi appeared to elbow Raphinha — which left the Brazilian winger with a bloody mouth — went unpunished and CONMEBOL said the use of his arm amounted to "violent conduct.”
Arturo Vidal es un futbolista con un coraje y un ímpetu que son difíciles de igualar. Muchas veces, esas características le han servido para ganarse los aplausos de los fanáticos y hasta para convertirse en héroe regular de sus equipos y de la selección chilena. Sin embargo, hay días en que ese mismo coraje y ese mismo ímpetu lo hacen cometer irresponsabilidades con consecuencias catastróficas.
The U.S. has had its share of misfortune in Concacaf World Cup qualifying matches. For once, the nonsense that goes on during Concacaf games went the USMNT’s way.
CAPE TOWN — South Africa will make a formal complaint to the Confederation of African Football (CAF) and global soccer governing body FIFA over the officiating in its 1-0 away defeat by Ghana in the African World Cup qualifiers on Sunday.
The result meant Ghana leapfrogged their opponents to take top spot in Group G and advance to the final qualifying stage in March, where they will hope to be one of five teams from the continent to book their place at Qatar 2022.
Brasil venció Colombia y se convirtió en la cuarta selección clasificada a la Copa del Mundo 2022, uniéndose a Catar, el país anfitrión, así como a Alemania y Dinamarca. El logro refleja de paso el dominio del equipo de Tite en las eliminatorias de la CONMEBOL, al punto que logró sus boletos con aún seis partidos pendientes.
Santos defeated Red Bull Bragantino 2-0 in Brazil’s top flight on Wednesday for an upset victory. Santos scored its second goal in the final minute of the game from the penalty spot. The call for the penalty came after an immaculate Marinho flop.
I’ve been watching a lot of Juventus matches lately. With Weston McKennie in fine goal-scoring form, it’s hard not to watch my fellow Texan do things no American has done before while converting soaring headers and powerful strikes. But one facet of his game has made him totally unique at Juventus: the long Weston McKennie throw-in.
Un calamitoso error defensivo de Sebastián Cáceres, uno de esos que a uno lo persiguen por toda la vida, acabó siendo decisivo en la final de la Concacaf Champions League 2021 entre Monterrey y América.
En la previa, por presente, el favoritismo estaba marcado en las espaldas del América. Sin embargo, Rayados -que venía de una racha de cuatro derrotas consecutivas en Liga MX- aprovechó el aliento de sus aficionados en el Estadio BBVA y el fallo del zaguero americanista para obtener su quinto título en la competencia y también los boletos al Mundial de Clubes 2021.
It's been 15 years since news of Italy's major match-fixing scandal shocked the footballing world. Calciopoli, as the scandal became known, involved five Serie A sides (namely Juventus) paying off anyone and everyone to influence things like refereeing selections and calls made on the field.
Gianluigi Buffon, Giorgio Chiellini and Zlatan Ibrahimovic — members of Juventus at the time and all still in Serie A — will certainly remember those dark days of Italian football, as well as the subsequent match-fixing scandal that came to light in 2011.